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We're Still Spinning

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We're Still Spinning: We are two entertainment PR specialists that have spent the last 20 years of our lives manufacturing mainstream headlines from the taint of society (the media machine) and would now like to dedicate the next chapter of our careers to dissecting our collective newsfeeds through a delightfully ruthless (and very qualified) PR lens. Brand apologies, celebrity statements, new products that aim to disrupt but mostly just disturb...we talk (tawk) about it all.

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  1. PR PLAN: JP MORGAN DELI PLATTER LAWSUIT, PATTIE GONIA vs. PATAGONIA, PATICK TA vs. PAINTED BY ESTHER, MAGA DEFECTS TO COSTA RICA

    Please visit our Patreon for access to the full episode. For the price of a mediocre latte, you can have full access to our new episodes and bonus content. Support media literacy, babe. Click me to go directly to our Patreon page. Hi! Welcome (back) to We're Still Spinning, a headline news show...

  2. PR PLAN: JAMES CHARLES, KEVIN HART ROAST, GLAMOUR MAGAZINE'S EDITORIAL TEAM

    Please visit our Patreon for access to the full episode. For the price of a mediocre latte, you can have full access to our new episodes and bonus content. Support media literacy, babe. Click me to go directly to our Patreon page. Hi! Welcome (back) to We're Still Spinning, a headline news show...

  3. PR PLAN: NOAH & AMY BECK, SPOTIFY, REESE WITHERSPOON + RICH WHITE WOMEN ON AI

    Please visit our Patreon for access to the full episode. For the price of a mediocre latte, you can have full access to our new episodes and bonus content. Support media literacy, babe. Click me to go directly to our Patreon page. TEASER - Hi! Welcome (back) to We're Still Spinning, a headline…

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  4. PR PLAN: MOUNTAIN DEW, DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, SPIRIT AIRLINES, SPENCER PRATT + BONUS: THE FUTURE OF HOLLYWOOD

    Please visit our Patreon for access to the full episode. For the price of a mediocre latte, you can have full access to our new episodes and bonus content. Support media literacy, babe. Click me to go directly to our Patreon page. TEASER - Hi! Welcome (back) to We're Still Spinning, a headline…

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  5. (PART ONE) PR PLAN: TREE PAINE, TRINA, MARY MAGDALENE, SABRINA @ COACHELLA (ft. MYAH HOLLIS)

    (Recorded - 4/16/26) - Welcome back to We're Still Spinning, a headline news show hosted by America's Favorite PR team. In part one of this week's episode, we are joined by American Author, Myah Hollis, to discuss her Goddess divine, Tree Paine, which leads to an unexpected PR plan for rapper...

  6. WE MOVED! NEW EPISODES AVAILABLE VIA PATREON

    America's Favorite PR Team is back! We are resuming the Lord's work and have returned to make sense of this wild timeline and its news headlines. AND, we moved to Patreon. Become a member for $7/month to access our weekly-ish episodes and bonus content. Our newest episode - PR PLAN: PHILZ COFFEE,...

  7. PR PLAN: BEYONCE TOUR, 60 MINUTES + BILL OWENS, NIKE, TYLA

    (Recorded - 5/1/25) Welcome back to We're Still Spinning, your #1 entertainment news podcast hosted by America's Favorite PR team. First and foremost, we got official word that Tree Paine knows about our show. We are one step closer to our goal of getting her to join us as a guest. But until...

  8. PR PLAN: BOSCH (WHITE LOTUS BLENDER BRAND), TRADER JOE'S MINI TOTE, TOPICALS + BREAD HAIR CARE, PRADA BUYS VERSACE ft. DARIAN SYMONÉ HARVIN

    (Recorded - 4/10/25) - Welcome back to your favorite podcast hosted by America's Favorite PR Team. This week, we are joined by esteemed American journalist and creative visionary Darian Symoné Harvin of STUDIO SYMONÉ, to discuss the latest news headlines and dissect the PR agendas behind them....

  9. PR PLAN: RACHEL ZEGLER, GAL GADOT, SIGNALGATE, WHITE LOTUS ft. SHEILA YASMIN MARIKAR

    (Recorded on 3/27/25) - We are America's Favorite PR team! For the first time on We're Still Spinning, we are welcomed by an EXTRA SPECIAL guest, American Journalist Sheila Yasmin Marikar (The New York Times, The New Yorker, etc). PR people and journalists can sometimes get along, and this…

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  10. PR PLAN: MEGHAN SUSSEX, GIRL SCOUT COOKIES, HERMES/VERSACE/GUCCI, NEW "TOUCH GRASS" APP

    Recorded 3/13/25 - Sussex is Sussexing. We examine the latest plays in Meghan Markle/Sussex's PR rollout. How many peanut butter pretzels does it take to make you likable? We talk about it, and pitch our ideas for the forthcoming season two of her Netflix series. While in the royal kitchen, we…

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  11. PR PLAN: DISNEY, POPPI SODA, THE AVIATION INDUSTRY, MANGIONE WEBSITE

    (Recorded 2/17/25) - America's Favorite PR team is back with a new episode. Following Disney's DEI cancellation, we take a look at the company's recent removal of the once-apologetic introduction card to its classic vault movies for the portrayal of Indigenous cultures and non-white ethnicities....

  12. PR PLAN: BALDONI, THE GRAMMYS, BIANCA CENSORI, KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN, DEI

    (Recorded 2/6/25) - America's Favorite PR Team is back with a new episode of We're Still Spinning. In this episode, we discuss the introduction of a new PR play - launching a website of receipts to make your case in the court of public opinion. Who is guiding Baldoni now, and is it working? Where...

  13. PR PLAN: MEGHAN (MARKLE), ALLISON HOLKER, BLAKE + JUSTIN, THE WIRKIN BAG THEORY

    (Recorded on 1/7/25) - In this episode, we continue to monitor Meghan She-Dropped-The-Markle's PR image journey. She made her return to Instagram and launched a new Netflix Series with a notable trailer to boot. Where is she going with her public persona, and is it working? We talk about it. We...

  14. PR PLAN: ARIANA GRANDE, CYNTHIA ERIVO, SYDNEY SWEENEY, LUIGI MANGIONE, BLUE IVY, COACHELLA 2025, EGGS (FROM A CHICKEN)

    Hello again, did you miss us? America's Favorite PR team is back from an unexpected hiatus (blame it on the timeline shift), and now we are diving into the last 6 weeks of this simulation we call Life on Earth. The election, the aliens, Luigi, Jay Z, Coachella's record early presale to try to…

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  15. PR PLAN: SELF-DRIVING CARS (WAYMO), ETSY, MCDONALD'S, DIDDY'S KIDS

    We are America's Favorite PR team. This week, we discuss the roll-out of self-driving cars and ways in which they can cultivate trust with the consumer. This brings us to the question, "To robot, or NOT to robot?" - and we look at Etsy's recent communications push towards "Keep Commerce Human."…

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  16. PR PLAN: LIAM PAYNE (TMZ), ARI LENNOX (SOCIAL MEDIA), BATH & BODY WORKS (KKK CANDLE), DISNEYLAND (PRICES)

    This is We're Still Spinning, a news-based show hosted by America's Favorite PR team. News about the tragic passing of Liam Payne broke shortly before we hit record for this episode, and we talk about TMZ's coverage in real time. Next, Ari Lennox announced her plans to leave social media...

  17. PR MEMO: THIS WEEK

    A brief memo from your favorite PR team.

  18. PR PLAN: MOO DENG, NAOMI CAMPBELL, WEIGHT WATCHERS (WW), WILL FERRELL + HARPER

    This episode addresses the recent investigation into Naomi Campbell's nonprofit expenses. How many cigarettes can you buy with 1 million US dollars? We discuss the release of Will & Harper and forecast its influence on the nationwide trans conversation. The CEO of Weight Watchers (WW), Sima...

  19. PR PLAN: 23ANDME, OPENAI, DIDDY, JANET JACKSON, CHAPPELL ROAN, EVE + NICKI MINAJ

    In this episode, we look at the PR fallout around Diddy and examine TikTok theories around his connections to 50 Cent and Jay Z. We also look into the recent resignation of 23andMe's entire board behind the personal genomics and biotechnology company that sources and stores the DNA of its...

  20. PR PLAN: BLACK GIRLS & WHITE GIRLS IN AMERICA

    In this episode, our weekly "cold open" inadvertently becomes...the episode. We look at race (and racism) in America through the lens of current news and headlines, and as black and white co-hosts of this show, we have a completely unplanned, un-edited and unfiltered conversation about the black...

  21. PR PLAN: THE DEBATE, TAYLOR + BRITTANY, BEYONCE + CMAs, DAVE GROHL, PHARRELL + PETA, FYRE FEST 2

    We are back after a one-week hiatus, and there is no shortage of PR crises and clownery. We cover the recent media highlights and try to uncover the motivations and next steps for all parties with our combined 40+ years of PR expertise. Buckle up, pop a "DRAMAmine"...the PR library is open.

  22. PR PLAN: BRITTANY MAHOMES, JOOLS LEBRON, MRBEAST

    In this week's episode, we explore the recent news cycle around Brittany Mahomes and the PR choices she is making to address her engagement with a Donald Trump post. Spoiler alert: She's always been this girl who claps back...loudly...to the masses. Now that her fame is elevated from the Taylor...

  23. PR PLAN: TRUMP'S AI vs. TAYLOR SWIFT, BEYONCE'S WHISK(E)Y, JLO + BEN (THE FINAL CHAPTER)

    In this episode, we examine Donald Trump's recent use of AI to create an unauthorized candidacy endorsement from Taylor Swift. It kind of reminds us of the movie CLUELESS when 'Cher' sends herself flowers and accepts them in front of a room of people she is hoping to impress and influence. We…

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  24. PR PLAN: BLAKE LIVELY + JUSTIN BALDONI

    In this episode, we focus on the PR swirls surrounding "This Ends With Us," specifically relating to Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. What was Justin's process of hiring a crisis comms expert, and why did he do it? Does he still need one? How did the PR tables turn on Blake Lively, and how does…

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  25. PR PLAN: ALGERIAN BOXER IMANE KHELIF, THE VATICAN, MEDIA LITERACY, JLO + BEN, HARRIS + WALZ

    Welcome back to "We're Still Spinning," your NEW(ish) favorite podcast where 2 very seasoned, semi-anon PR professionals scroll through the latest headlines to reveal the hidden agendas, brand strategies, and overall chaos of the media machine. And most importantly, we help explain how it all...

  26. PR PLAN: MATTEL, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY, TRUMP + BLACK JOURNALISTS

    Buckle up. The news cycle hath giveth us many a PR crisis since our last episode. After pulling the curtain back on the day-in-the-life of a PR girlie during our weekly "cold open" - we look at the recent release of Down Syndrome and blind Barbie via Mattel, plus the recent comments about…

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  27. PR PLAN: KAMALA HARRIS

    Following the historic election drop-out of President Biden, a newly rebranded campaign slogan ("Let's finish the job" to "Let's WIN this!")...and some unexpected line-drops into internet culture, VP Kamala Harris is on deck for the 2024 democratic nomination. We look into the PR shifts she is...

  28. PR PLAN: CLOONEY OP-ED, SKYDANCE PARAMOUNT, LENA DUNHAM & POLLY POCKET

    In this episode, we get personal and talk about some unforeseen political discoveries in our daily routines. Then we discuss George Clooney's recent New York Times Op-Ed, which calls for Joe Biden to step out of the race, only one month after George Clooney co-hosted a major fundraiser for Biden…

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  29. PR PLAN: BIDEN, TRUMP, PROJECT 2025

    In this episode, we discuss media fallout from the recent Presidential Debates and look at the PR tactics on each side of the election. Personal political opinions aside, we look at the PR playbooks of why some strategies are resonating, and some are flopping like a dick at the end of a very long...

  30. PR PLAN: CHAPPELLE ROAN, PARIS (THE COUNTRY), CHARLI XCX, HAILEY BIEBER, DA BRAT, DAIRY QUEEN, HAWK TUAH GIRL

    (REPOST FROM YESTERDAY) - We drank a bottle of Veuve and smoked California weed before recording this gem of an episode. We are two, long-time, PR professionals...who scroll through the news feed and current headlines to dissect media agendas, project outcomes and pitch mini PR plans in…

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  31. PR PLAN: JLO (AGAIN), JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, COLD STONE CREAMERY, NARA SMITH, MICHAEL JACKSON

    JLo, we can't quit you. We do a quick hit on how Ben and Jen will roll out their seemingly imminent divorce announcement, then pitch J-Timberlake thoughts on how to publicly address his recent arrest. It involves a dick. And a box. While in the Empire State, we move from the Hamptons to Long…

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  32. PR PLAN: HERMES, FENTY HAIR, BRAD PITT

    In this episode, we revisit our theory about Hermes' fake law suit against itself to boost sales. Our case is strengthening, y'all...we then discuss today's launch of Fenty Hair. Is Rihanna's relationship with her fans becoming too one-sided? Is Fenty Hair in too close of proximity to Beyonce and...

  33. PR PLAN: CAITLIN CLARK, WNBA, HUNTER BIDEN

    In this episode, we address the latest press cycle around Caitlin Clark, and the Venn diagram of racism, sexism and sports. Should the WNBA interject? We swiftly move to recent headlines surrounding Hunter Biden's trial. What is the real agenda? And does the GOP only care about gun control issues...

  34. PR PLAN: AMERICA, KELLY ROWLAND, AMC THEATERS (TAYLOR SWIFT & BEYONCE)

    In this week's episode, we discuss the Trump verdict and its influence on the future of the United States of America. Does this outcome change anything? Does ANYTHING change anything? We look at some PR ideas on how to recharge tolerance and unity in the USA. Our conversation then sails to…

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  35. PR PLAN: HARRISON BUTKER, RED LOBSTER, NESTLÉ

    In this episode, we very quickly touch on JLo's pursuit of a Crisis PR team and Diddy's recent apology video, offering each of them free PR plans. Then, we kick-off the main event of our show with a recap of Harrison Butker's college commencement speech and Red Lobster's recent bankruptcy filings...

  36. PR PLAN: BUMBLE, TOM BRADY ROAST, JLO & BEN, BLOCKING, MCDONALD'S "SAD MEAL"

    In this episode, we talk about the recent, very short-lived ads by Bumble that attempt to make women ditch celibacy for the dating app. This brings us to "What makes something funny in 2024?" and how the Tom Brady Roast defied the laws of humor in today's culture. Although Ben Affleck was looking...

  37. PR PLAN: GAYLE KING, OZEMPIC, MEGHAN, HARRY & ARCHE-NOT-SO-WELL

    In this episode, we look at Sports Illustrated's recent PR decision to feature Gayle King on its coveted swimsuit issue cover, which takes us to the influence of Oprah Winfrey and her recent comments about using Ozempic. Why would anyone lie about taking it at this point? Speaking of smoke and...

  38. PR PLAN: ELON, MET GALA, BOY SCOUTS, APPLE, MACKENZIE SCOTT

    In this episode, we quickly touch on the introduction of the Tesla Cyber Truck and if it unlocks and starts its engine with a keyless micropenis. Then we cruise to the Met Gala and propose a PR revamp with a new visionary (hint: Anna Wintour has already done has herses...). Next, we talk about…

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  39. PR PLAN: COWBOY CARTER & DISNEY BOARD SEAT + BOB IGER

    In this episode, we take a look at the PR rollout of Cowboy Carter and unpack the album's cultural impact and social message. This is NOT an album review. It is a look at the business decisions and recent genre pivot of Beyonce. We land on an unexpected connection between Cowboy Carter and the...

  40. PR UPDATE: DIDDY

    TRIGGER WARNING: We revisit Diddy, the allegations against him and his PR decisions & deflections. Will he come back? Is he an investor in Top Golf? Did he think changing his name to Love would work? Did he think launching a marketplace for Black-Owned businesses would give him a pass? We think…

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  41. PR PLAN: HERMES, BRUNO & OHTANI

    In this episode, we take a look at the breaking class action "lawsuit" against Hermes and come up with a conspiracy theorist's theory. Then we pop into Las Vegas and the MLB to look at the gambling accusations against Bruno Mars and Shohei Ohtani.

  42. PR PLAN: KATE MIDDLETON

    Following the news that broke today about Kate Middleton's cancer diagnosis, we take an immediate look at her announcement video, the PR path that led up to its release, and discuss where she and The Firm go from here.

  43. PR PLAN: DIDDY, ARMIE & DANNY

    Trigger Warning: This week's episode discusses SA, domestic violence and survival. This episode explores the evolution of Cancel Culture. We dive into the PR decisions of Sean Combs, with a focus on the last 12 months. Why did he change his name to Love? What is the underlying agenda? Where does...

  44. PR PLAN: SVB BETTER HAVE MY MONEY

    Turn up to Rihanna while the whole bank fuckin' wasted. A look into why we keep giving white men our money and expecting change (pun absolutely intended), and why financial literacy campaigns continue to target women when we have yet to drop the ball. Plus our thoughts on the government's…

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  45. PR PLAN: ACADEMY A(WK)WARDS

    The nominees are: Hugh Grant vs. Ashley Graham, Will Smith vs. Chris Rock, Gwenyth Paltrow vs. Food, Law Roach vs. The World.

  46. PR PLAN: BALENCIAGA BEAR BAGS

    Lions, and Tigers, and Balenciaga Bear Bags. OH MY! Somehow, somewhere a large team of highly-compensated (likely Caucasian) people landed on the idea of putting an S&M harness on a fuzzy teddy bear, modeled by a child, and put it forth as a holiday campaign. How did this happen? And can Kim...

  47. PR PLAN: A DM FROM TAMPAX

    What's more toxic? A Tampax tampon or their recent attempts to bridge tampons with comedy? We take a look at the complicated (and fucking wild) world of legacy brands trying to stay relevant by...inserting...themselves into internet culture. It's toxic and it's shocking. (That was a TSS…

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We're Still Spinning: We are two entertainment PR specialists that have spent the last 20 years of our lives manufacturing mainstream headlines from the taint of society (the media machine) and would now like to dedicate the next chapter of our careers to dissecting our collective newsfeeds through a delightfully ruthless (and very qualified) PR lens. Brand apologies, celebrity statements, new products that aim to disrupt but mostly just disturb...we talk (tawk) about it all.

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